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[@cloudyskye13]

when i was younger now and again i would steal my brothers clothes, stuff all my hair in a hat, talk in a deep voice and called myself john. i really shoulda figured out my gender fluidity sooner 💀

[@p-__]

My farts are better than Jamie’s farts

[@tjenadonn6158]

I was extremely depressed every time I was moved to a lower vocal part, but I just wrote it off as sopranos and tenors getting all the good roles. It's amazing how good we are at rationalizing things.

[@manufaustino316]

you should have called yourself John Cena because you couldn't see your Gender Fluidity XD (just a joke tho I support my trans folks)

[@emoryogglethorp8180]

​@@Sirtrollsalotalot Imagine if you took the effort you use into hating on people into actually improving your own life, you might actually not have a reason to hate anybody anymore LOL

[@PKMNResearcherSkyler]

​@@Sirtrollsalotalot ah yes, because playing pretend as a pirate is _totally_ the same as figuring out gender /sarcasm You know the only thing you do by making comments is help promote the channel by giving it engagement right?

[@NeomiAshi]

Add Peacocks to the list of trans animals! It's been nicknamed Henopause because it usually happens to older peahens, but ;what happens is some Peahens stop laying eggs and start transitioning to Peacocks including colouring and plumage. There are also intersex Peacocks/Peahens, but they have their own thing going on vs the Peahens that transition to Peacocks during their lives. :)

[@p-__]

My farts are better than Jamie’s farts

[@hellokristi]

I love this so much!! I'm so glad you shared this!! 💖

[@Sirtrollsalotalot]

Ok so nature is weird and that's a thing that it's body can naturally in a healthy human its not natural for a human to loose their genitals

[@TitularHeroine]

This is extraordinary; I need to look it up!! Thanks!

[@John_Weiss]

Also interesting: Many birds and reptiles _do not have_ XX or XY chromosomes, but instead use what is called the W-Z-sex-selection chromosomes. A 'ZZ'-pair produces a male bird or reptile, while the female sex has a 'WZ' pair.

[@thisurldoesnotexist]

I'm only out as nonbinary to select people in my life because the thought of coming out even to accepting people who I don't know very well stresses me out

[@carmillascraftspot7533]

Me too! It feels so hard.

[@verynsawyer1413]

I totally get it, it's like, you don't want to disappoint them by making them think that you're not the person they know anymore...

[@camillex5916]

@@verynsawyer1413 Yeah.

[@glitterspray]

Without in ANY WAY equating being LGBTQIA+ to a mental or physical disorder: I was very private about having T1D and Major Depressive Disorder. Because people treated me DIFFERENTLY. Now I’m 60 and for several years I flat out haven’t given a shit 😅 My situation is very different; the feelings of needing to be cautious are similar. You’re not obligated to tell anyone ANYTHING. EVER. That said, it’s pretty freeing not to give a shit ❤

[@glitterspray]

@green mayo man🍓 Please do not feel obligated to share unless/until you’re ready. And if that turns out to be never, that’s absolutely fine. ❤

[@girlwithtehface5880]

I used to be an egg, but then I hatched. Now I'm a chick. 😃

[@RunOut25]

This act of genius as left me speechless… I’m borrowing it.

[@girlwithtehface5880]

@@RunOut25 Use it well, my friend.

[@RunOut25]

@@girlwithtehface5880 Indeed I shall

[@SolarDaisy]

I am but a wee egg

[@cstrongman]

nice

[@henrysansone5501]

i'm a gay trans man and when i was 18, i went in boy drag to a pride prom (as a really good ally of course) and used my current name for the first time. afterwards, i wrote in my journal: "i am indeed a cisgender, straight woman. i just like to push against the expectations of what that means." 🤣💜

[@Zulf85]

Screaming at how much of a mood that is lmao 😂

[@p-__]

My farts are better than Jamie’s farts

[@adalunar1550]

We don't have pride events in my country (at least not openly) but if we would then my oblivious *ss would definitely do smth like that thinking that I'm just an ally lol. I wish you a very happy gay (day) ^^

[@maschaorsomething]

God, I always wanted to go to a prom in a suit, short hair and with my (veeeery platonic) best friend in arm. I'm such a closeted transguy, it's insane

[@tegztegz]

My favourite thing about this statement is how confused transphobes would be trying to decipher gender from this 😂 thanks for sharing

[@acerose2279]

To all my trans fems: I have a tip for frizzy or tangled hair ( I have very thick hair myself ): don't scrunch up your hair when washing it, just run your fingers through it and put it up in a towel until it dries. It makes a huge difference, and I hope you all have a good day/night.

[@Rex_the_Raccon]

The “):”

[@pearlofthedarkage]

I'd recommend a cotton t-shirt over a towel. Terry cloth can damage hair, whereas the fine fiber knit of cotton won't as much.

[@AlmeidaNat]

As a cis woman who has a very curly hair, I can add a trick I usually use: Since I cannot comb my hair while it is dry (as it becomes all frizzy and messy), I advise you to comb your hair while you are showering, after applying the conditioner. It makes combing and undoing all the knots so much easier :)

[@KristiChan1]

@@pearlofthedarkage can confirm, and I don't even have curly or frizzy hair. Switching to a soft cotton shirt made a difference in damage. That and using a bonnet instead of a regular hairdryer (takes longer though, so sometimes I cheat and still use a regular one). Edit: was half asleep. Fixed a word.

[@TitularHeroine]

@@AlmeidaNat Thanks! I'd like to add, my hair isn't curly or frizzy though very thin and fine. To avoid damage and serious tangles I also comb my hair during washing.

[@bookgirl883]

My lovely 14-year-old came out as trans two weeks ago. During a conversation about pronouns (younger sibling is non-binary trans masc) she said, "Well, I know mine aren't they or he." It was the cutest thing. Her older sister asked if she wanted a new name, and she showed us one that she had saved on her phone. She's autistic, and was apparently worried about the changes associating with transitioning, but then was pleasantly surprised at how quickly everything felt right, even responding to a new name. I told her it's because nothing about who she was really changed, the rest of us just caught up with her.

[@insomnial8153]

that's cute i'm glad she has someone supportive like you

[@Kira-zm7vy]

​@@TTVp491 what's not ok? Being transgender?

[@scarlettptheoriginal]

​@Kira that unpronounceable name is a troll. Just ignore them.

[@Sweet.peach21]

Thats so cute, my heart hurts 😭

[@petrify4814]

Thank goodness for parents like you.

[@matrixmilky596]

i just got violently reminded of a journal entry from when i was 10 that said "i know im not trans but i kinda wish i was". like bestie??? the denial was strong

[@being7310]

the denial is strong with this one

[@being7310]

/ref

[@Lizardkitmin]

the egg irl subreddit is super confusing for everyone else but super awesome for everyone involved

[@p-__]

My farts are better than Jamie’s farts

[@AndiieRose]

Wait I’m involved?

[@jared-2]

​@@AndiieRose it seems the egg has cracked

[@tjenadonn6158]

@@loluskekus You've confused trans people with Republicans. Last I checked it was transphobic icon Matt Walsh who said "I violate my children's consent all the time," not trans icon Laura Jane Grace.

[@AndiieRose]

@@tjenadonn6158 i second

[@purplekitten6637]

That was definitely me, subconsciously knowing I was trans for years but not wanting to accept it because I didn't know what I would do about it or how I would ever get my family to accept me. I didn't know how I would ever be able to transition or find people who accept me. I was a Shroedinger's Transmasc, both knowing the truth and denying it for a while.

[@Deniolia]

Schroedinger's transfem here, and I totally relate to everything in this

[@purplekitten6637]

@@Deniolia Hello fellow Shroedinger's trans friend!

[@Deniolia]

You know, I read this before watching the video, and thought you were being entirely original, and I was bouncing off of you, but I circled back around and said what was in the video. Oops

[@adalunar1550]

Denial is a real B. I remember just going like : "-blank- people are so cool, I wish i'd be like them but I'm not " And everytime I was ending up realizing that I f*cking am like them. That happened with me realizing my sexuality, my gender and even me being goth :)

[@purplekitten6637]

@@Deniolia Haha, that's cool. I wasn't being original, just commenting on how I related to the Shroedinger thing.

[@IronyOfNadir]

The other day I went to a job interview and they asked me what my pronouns are and I told them they/he and they were shocked and impressed because they truly thought I was a cis male which made my heart melt into happiness.

[@hellokristi]

Oh that's gotta feel soooo good!! Congrats on passing like a champ and on meeting with an employer who is cognizant of pronouns!! I hope you got the job!

[@IronyOfNadir]

@@hellokristi Thank You dear and I got the Job!

[@hellokristi]

@@IronyOfNadir congratulations! This Mama of a trans kid wishes you all the best 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵

[@IronyOfNadir]

@@hellokristi Thank You again Love

[@Bugbeast04]

I'm not trans but non binary. I had cut my hair short so it was easier to maintain. I've always hated having to sit and brush all the tangles out of my hair when I was younger, which made a huge tangle in my hair that was so painful to get out... Now I have an undercut and my hair goes to my jaw line. I like it this way, so much lighter. But my parents keep telling me I should let my hair grow out again cause "boys like long hair" "you looked better with long hair" "your hair is too short!" 1, I like women, not boys 2, I look hot (at least in my opinion) And 3, it is easier too maintain this way. I'm lazy! (Edit: why I say I'm not trans is cause I don't feel like it's the right label for me. I call myself nonbinary cause I don't feel like dealing with gender... I could say agender but nonbinary feels better. But ty for the support and sharing your stories, and for all the likes, wow... I hope you all have a nice day, you all are so wonderful 🏳️‍🌈💝)

[@jakethepillowsnake5302]

Lol that's a mood. My mother used to be like, "What would (male classmate) think about you doing that?" And I would wonder why she thought I cared.

[@Bugbeast04]

@@jakethepillowsnake5302 EXACTLY! I don't care what others think, I change my body for me to feel good, I feel good with short hair! I feel good in comfortable clothes which my parents call "trashy dirt ball"! They're just baggy jeans and shirt and they're comfortable and don't have my chest stick out so much!

[@zemoxian]

All very good reasons!

[@Bugbeast04]

@@zemoxian thank you

[@tjenadonn6158]

My brother got electrolysis for a similar reason. He had to have extensive reconstructive surgeries as a child due to some congenital facial deformities (it's a long story, but look up "hemifacial microsomia" on Wikipedia and you'll get a good idea of what he had, it's nothing too graphic) and they wound up making it so that he'd never have a full face of hair, and he just didn't like shaving anyways, so he decided to get it all zapped off. His girlfriend doesn't mind in the slightest.

[@vmpkai]

my egg cracked without me even realizing lmao. i just saw that you could actually go by different pronouns when i was 11 and the moment i introduced "they" into my vocabulary life suddenly made sense. not to mention never seeing myself fully a girl and never necessarily caring how i was interpreted as. (a lot of people would call me a boy or ask my mum if i was her son and i never really minded it) and now 6 years later i'm proud to be enby and wouldn't change that shit for the world

[@GothboiKenzy]

Congratulations you’re still a virgin

[@vmpkai]

@@GothboiKenzy must be talking about yourself buddy

[@Samenameasme]

Found out I wasn’t cis at about age 13, then told my friends and sister at 16. Then I was happy wearing more masculine things looking more masculine but something kind of derailed me to think “oh I need to start looking more feminine so others don’t catch on” and pushed my identity aside. I am now 27 and have finally reached out for help, obviously now I’m on the like year long waiting list I at least want to start transitioning before I’m 30. I’m starting to look more masculine, I still like some feminine things but liking feminine things don’t make you female, took me a while to realise that. It’s never TOO LATE to start your journey 😄✌🏻(he/they)

[@zemoxian]

I knew a guy that I never thought of as anything other than a man. I just figured it was because he was gay, at the time. (Now I would just see it as self expression. I no longer tie expression to orientation or gender.) It didn’t matter what he said, really. He seemed manly even if he was talking about his periods or wanting to get pregnant. He was just a guy who could do that.

[@chancematters]

I’m lucky that I’m surrounded by people who don’t judge me for my gender adventure. I’m genderfluid and I’ve just started using she/he/they, and I didn’t feel the need to hide this from anyone once I made the decision that this was right. Y’all are valid and your pronouns belong to you, no matter who else knows.

[@missnaomi613]

I love that you call it a gender adventure!

[@DrummerrDuckie]

I'm super happy for you having supportive, accepting, and loving people who've given you such an open environment with them to safely and properly get that chance to explore your gender! My mom struggles dealing with just one new pronoun change and doesn't seem to understand that a person can use more than just one set of pronouns at the same time, and it doesn't help that she's unwilling to learn or gets easily agitated when I do attempt to gently explain new concepts to her. 💀 She thinks it's too much to keep up with and I've grown too anxious of triggering her and getting snapped at that she's too overwhelmed, and it's probably for the best I never tell her about me wanting to try xe/xem in addition to my already existent he/they ^^;

[@The_sassafrass]

Elliot Page came out and my sudden intense desire for someone to say that I look just like him and start calling me Elliot “as a joke” was ultimately what cracked my egg.

[@petrify4814]

What cracked my egg was realizing a 5th person was transgender before they did. XD

[@momamiandkiddokelsi9027]

❤🧡💛💚💙💜🏳️‍🌈 Daily reminder; You are valid and amazing just the way you are! 🏳️‍🌈❤🧡💛💚💙💜

[@p-__]

My farts are better than Jamie’s farts

[@programmerlexi]

Thanks i needed that

[@needlesonmys0u11l]

You too

[@depressedgwyndolin]

Thanks mate needed that

[@adalunar1550]

Thx alot^^ I often see you in Jamie's comments and you always make my day :)

[@silasszklany9883]

Hey guys! I just got top surgery a couple of days ago, and I'm looking forward to being to all healed! Thanks, Jamie, for cheering me up from the aches!

[@missnaomi613]

Wishing you a quick, complete, uncomplicated recovery! 💙💗🤍💗💙

[@tjenadonn6158]

My cousin got top surgery this week too! Tits are popping off all over the place!

[@the.euclidclass]

Congratulations!! I hope you had a quick and easy recovery :))

[@jamsistired]

I hope it’s going well! :)

[@mimi077]

Congratulations!

[@AlgyPond]

God that writing fanfic one CALLED ME OUT. When I was younger I wanted to be a writer and I ALWAYS wrote from the perspective of male characters. Other kids and even teachers would criticize me because I "didn't know what it's like to be a boy."

[@amekovworp]

me: "ok so im not a girl, lets not tell anyone yet." brain monolog: "okay she doesnt want to tell anyone." me: "hmm. an issue has appeared."

[@honeyshuckle9742]

Fun fact! We had a Trans Chicken! Born a Hen, Lucy saw the flock had no man, and became the Rooster to protect everyone, crowing and everything. Still laid wonderful eggs, and was in general a great Chicken. RiP Lucy.

[@anaspiringartist]

Oh wow!

[@threadyprawn8944]

The pool thing with wanting to look like the other boy's was very relatable. I had to finally get myself a waterproof shirt and swim shorts since we went to a water park once; I had lost the swimsuit and so egg me managed to convince the people I was with to get the shirt and shorts. I was more happy then I've ever been at a pool when I finally got to look like other boys

[@electronics-girl]

And I was the exact opposite; I always hated having to take my shirt off to swim. I was so jealous that women got to cover their tops. A female friend of mine once complained that women's swimsuits cost twice as much as men's swimsuits. My response was, "But they cover twice as much!" She didn't think that was a very good answer, but I'm definitely happy to pay twice as much to cover twice as much.

[@Sirtrollsalotalot]

I really dont understand the whole trying to look more like a boy I thought the who point of being trans was body parts and looks don't matter

[@PokhrajRoy.]

Jamie’s T-Shirt really nailed the assignment of getting the colours of a chicken egg. Also, it reminds me of the Japanese character Gudetama.

[@p-__]

My farts are better than Jamie’s farts

[@destiny4963]

When I was little, I used to wrap blankets around myself and say that I was a princess. Sadly, I didn't ever ask my parents to buy me an actual dress because I got put under that societal pressure that boys aren't supposed to wear dresses. I wish that I actually did ask my parents because that would have made me realize that I was trans fem so much sooner!

[@Autumn4779]

​@@TTVp491your disgusting "OH look at me being a transphobe it's so great" Newsflash being a transphobe isn't cool it just makes you look like a jerk

[@PinkPuffball1992]

@@TTVp491 I mean hey, you wanna go ahead and continue being a jerk, no one is stopping you from doing that. However, don't be surprised when good people avoid you and you attract, well, let's just say not so good people

[@cukka99]

As a matter of fact, yes, you are wrong. Or, more accurately, just being disingenuous. But then again, we wouldn't have expected a small minded bigot to say anything good faith. @@TTVp491

[@TTVp491]

@@cukka99 sorry my acc got hacked

[@cassandramiller4477]

That period of "coming up with excuses that no, I can't be trans!" for me? 20 years. That Schrodinger's one? Way too relatable.

[@saltypork101]

GCs: "But why can't we just abolish gender?" Agender NBs: Exist GCs: "NOT LIKE THAT"

[@Nakia11798]

As a woman, I would like abolish gender, including the labels.

[@saltypork101]

@@Nakia11798 🤣 yeah exactly. Pure hypocrisy.

[@lilypad2714]

To the people seeing this: you are valid! You don’t have to prove your identity to anyone! Whoever you choose to identify as is a wonderful amazing human and ily! Have a great day! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

[@karma4638]

You, too!

[@novaSpecific]

Exactly! As a transgirl, I am NOT SEEKING ANY VALIDATION from anyone except myself. I love being trans.

[@Sirtrollsalotalot]

Super straight pride glad all I need is self validation because it doesn't seem like anyone is validating to us super straights

[@verynsawyer1413]

I grew up in a very accepting community so I was always a huge ally even before I realized my identity, but I remember in like middle school and early high school thinking to myself "I'm so glad I'm not trans, that must be so hard to be forced to live in the wrong body," (especially since back then I still assumed that unless you started transitioning before puberty you'd never fully pass). And now after accepting myself as a trans man looking back on that is both sad and funny 🥲

[@GothGoat420]

My transphobe mom always told me my hair looked cute short 🤣 safe to say she regrets that now

[@mjtruth1039]

@@loluskekus Not based.

[@arthrowepoda]

I remember back when i was about 13 i played the prince in my school play and i was so ecstatic about playing him and i got super into trying to look more masculine and felt super connected to the character. Took me a good five years to finally realize why I liked that role so much lmao.

[@SelmaTheCrazyJRT]

My dysphoria has been a strong pain in my ass today. Dissociated coming out of the shower this morning. Definitely needed this.

[@coderamen666]

I live in a state of dissociation.

[@glitterspray]

I hope you know that your vids about LGBT+ acceptance are also helpful to many of us who aren’t part of that community. An environment of love and compassion, understanding and acceptance is good for my soul. ❤

[@ZwarteKonijn]

9:05 Looking back this was one of my 'yeah, definitely not cis' moments growing up. I loved to write stories, but almost always from the perspective of a guy, and then he met a boy who was actually a girl but so tomboyish people assumed she was a guy (stand in for me), and in basically ever story I decided in the end not to go that way and the one girl was just a guy that was just weird like me, and they just ended up as two boys in love. I think I have around 10-15ish stories where I tried to write a stand in character for me, who 9 out of 10 times ended up being a guy at the end of the story. It only took me another 15 years to realize I was nonbinary/demiboy (afab). Also looking back I identified as tomboy who didn't even feel represented in tomboys in the media because 'they still wanted to be/liked being girls, and that wasn't tomboy enough'. Basically me not really getting any of it. I wished my egg cracked then so I could've started hormone blockers, because the egg crack was almost there multiple times, even when I was really young, but I was amazing in not asking myself the right questions (I basically started wondering about my gender and ended up with wanting to be a werewolf).

[@stars_everywhere]

Our classes for lessons were changed again at the beginning of this year so the teachers all had to make new seating plans and one of my friends (amab and has no idea what their gender is anymore) was put in between two boys on their maths seating plan because their teacher thought they were a girl. Their name is a boys name as well

[@zefiro6829]

My mother would indulge me and buy me masculine clothes, binders, and short haircuts until I figured out I wasn't trans, but what she did for me was so wholesome and I wish the same support upon those questioning/who've figured it out already.

[@kokyokimagurena5240]

I funny enough found out I was trans by playing Genshin Impact, as I dmed a friend over discord because I was enjoying the game, and I thought the male MC was really cool looking and I liked his outfit and all the like and then I messaged my friend. “I wonder why I like playing male characters.” And I in my INFINITE wisdom saw how it sounded and immediately tried to cover it up by using my limitations in art as an excuse. The friend was really understanding and helped me out but it all snowballed from that moment. And now two years later I’m happily identifying as trans and have a wonderful boyfriend.

[@nannywhumpers5702]

Speaking of haircuts, when I was in my late teens, back in the late 80's , I went to get a haircut. My hair was about to my shoulder blades and I asked for a short-pixie-like haircut. They refused. Told me they would trim it a bit and if I still wanted it short, next time hun. My mom, who was paying for the cut, didn't back me up, so I didn't get the courage to try to get my hair cut short again until my late 30's. I didn't really realize the extent of my identity until I was in lockdown. In my 50's. I agree it's a silver lining to the pandemic, something we couldn't have predicted, but I'm eternally thankful. I told my son that I was nonbinary, and he said he was surprised I wasn't trans. He had been waiting for me to realize something about myself. And you know what? He shared what he had realized about himself.

[@jaykay030]

That is so sad and so wholesome. I'm very happy you could finally live your truth and seem to have a good bond with your son. It's scary what an effect people can have on us without even realizing, so it's good to have supportive people around to reflect on experiences with.

[@nannywhumpers5702]

@Stop IGBT You, friend, are part of the problem. I can't explain to you the difference in my personality, my relationship with the world, my confidence, my ability to function and my increased performance with the world. People knowing who they are is better for them, but it is also better for the world at large. I'm sorry, but I have to respectfully disagree.

[@Whale-Shark-Katie]

8:39 I DIDNT NEED TO BE CALLED OUT LIKE THIS! I may or may not have properly brushed my hair for the first time the other day and Jesus Christ it makes such a difference…

[@p-__]

My farts are better than Jamie’s farts

[@taiyouscandalous1175]

Mood! I had this happen when I first started to grow my hair out about 7 years ago.

[@jaesermann]

when i was 12 my male friend left a hoodie at my place so i dressed up as a boy "as a joke" and took a few pics to send him to remind him he left the hoodie. realized i preferred how i looked like that, deleted the pics and didn't come out as nonbinary for another 12 years 💀

[@Nakia11798]

Wow. That's such a chill way to realize it.

[@OdinsSage]

I officially came out to my sister this past weekend as agender. More than anything she was confused, cause she kept thinking I was saying "a gender" and didn't know what agender was, but other than that she was just like "cool, you do you."

[@crazygingerdub]

I absolutely loved the chaotic energy of Jamie in this video 😍 as a trans guy looking back over things I said or did as a kid/teenager make sense to being trans now. I just didn't have the language back then in the 90's/00's. Never too late to be who you are. Thanks Jamie and other trans/ally KZbinrs who helped crack my egg 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤🤍

[@trixxart777]

I remember once I miss read Toblerone as testosterone

[@mysticwolfentertainment]

the "being a different gender would be cool right lol" to "hold on a second i dont actually think that was a joke anymore" to " ok yeah im genderfluid" to "im nonbinary?" to "maybe im full on trans..." pipeline turned never ending cycle is very real. at least for me.

[@Flightkitten]

I did this same cycle but in reverse

[@mjtruth1039]

@@loluskekus You’re going to overuse that word so fucking much that nobody will listen to you when a kid actually gets groomed.

[@mjtruth1039]

@@loluskekus I missed one word. So what? A typo that I literally just fixed is nothing compared to overuse a word and “accusing” someone of being trans. You literally don’t even know my gender.

[@programmerlexi]

I opened KZbin and it literally just said 26 seconds ago.

[@p-__]

My farts are better than Jamie’s farts

[@charlies_bones]

Hey Jamie, thank you for the amazing content!

[@p-__]

My farts are better than Jamie’s farts

[@BriCourt]

This was so heartwarming and I am so grateful to Jamie for helping me through my own transgender journey.

[@keelinmacken95522]

THERE ARE ONLY 2 GENDERS.

[@libraryoflilylol199]

This is the same reason so many plural folk came out too. Like some of their headmates entire functionality was no longer relevant very suddenly and started questioning their existence and making themselves known to the host.

[@melineeluna]

I've seen my brother roll off the top bunk, landing with both feet in our box of Legos. I would have done that a thousand times to gain access to a complete transition.

[@Cahrssomething]

I would do it on a rusty nail (as long as I don’t get tetanus)

[@chonwarren9941]

I am a cis man and I put pronouns in my profile because I want to normalize it for my Trans brothers and sisters

[@josse13579]

Me too ^^

[@hellokristi]

I love your videos so much! My daughter is trans and the egg stage is rough but now that she's fully out she's starting to see how beautiful she is, inside and out. So proud of her!! 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

[@eldergod4809]

Good for you Hun, your a great mother and you must believe it, sorry the stage was rough for your daughter, but whatever your daughter has chosen is because she knows it's right for her, she loves you and you love her, that's all that matters, stay positive Hun 😁👍

[@hellokristi]

@@eldergod4809 you are such a kind soul. Thank you for warming my heart!

[@eldergod4809]

@@hellokristi and thank you for the reply for warming my heart too, your a good mum and always will be 😁☺️

[@hellokristi]

@@eldergod4809 🤗🥰

[@eldergod4809]

@@hellokristi my love to you too young lady ❤️🥰

[@Ajs_studios]

I want some testosterone cereal...

[@SpAc3B3e]

Testosteroni

[@p-__]

My farts are better than Jamie’s farts.

[@tjenadonn6158]

A different take on Honey Nut Cheerios.

[@randoprior4130]

I'd personally go with "Special T."

[@Ella.199]

Testoster-Os

[@katbairwell]

Ah Jamie makes these videos so warm and supportive, so full of understanding and care, I love coming to them when I feel lost and confused (which is often). I'm middle aged and maybe agender/non-binary/transmasc/something? Just hearing someone say it's ok to not have it all worked out, it just feels like I've been given permission to breathe. Anyway, I hope all the lovely folx here in the comments all find their own paths, and have (or find) people who will love and support them for who they are. Bless you all, you're bloody brilliant

[@Claramoo]

When i was 12-13 years old, I would put flowers in my hair, want to wear skirts, want to cosplay as female characters, want my hair to be long, would watch mlp (or anything “girly”), had way too many female friends, I wanted my room to be painted pink, and I would also fantasize myself as a girl (even made fanfic of myself being a girl)… “still cis tho”

[@varneysioux7407]

I did photoshoots of "what I would dress like as a boy " when I got my hair cut 'too short' and I secretly loved it. Also felt on that one about wanting to be shirtless at the pool as a kid.

[@NoxBVansyn]

The meme about the haircut hit close to home. It wasn't my mum, but her friend that was our hairstylist and wouldn't cut my hair to the length I asked, even though I always had a picture handy. She'd respond with "that's a guy's cut, you can't have that you're a girl," and made me feel just awful. So I switched stylists to one that listened to me and she was my guardian angel when it came to experimenting with my hair. Then I went to college for hair, got my first fade and that was it.

[@Igbt_needs_to_stop]

I'm burnjn the IGBT flag on my profjle..

[@chancematters]

The first time I tried on a binder I cried because I was so confused over how I felt. And I still thought I was cis for like a year???

[@callisto5097]

oh same! I had gotten one for "cosplaying" hahaha

[@malakkguy]

​@@dustygania2425what do you get out of this? What do you get out of being an asshole on the internet? Seriously? Is it a weird pleasure?

[@malakkguy]

@@dustygania2425 are you transgender? do you anything about becoming trans? or do you just go off assumptions from cis people and your beliefs?

[@malakkguy]

@@dustygania2425 none of this is true, so yeah, I guess you do just go off opinions and cis people.

[@chancematters]

@@dustygania2425 …I’m 19. I’m almost 20. I was 18 when I did this. Don’t make assumptions about other people’s stories. You don’t have all the information.

[@PinkPuffball1992]

That one meme about not having to prove your identity to anyone should be framed in an art museum because yes

[@PinkPuffball1992]

@Stop IGBT Yeah yeah, your video is just bait mate

[@thelittlestpika]

When I was a kid, I would cry because my voice wouldn't be as deep as I wanted it and I somehow didn't know that I was nonbinary until I was 19.

[@thelittlestpika]

@markstevens3165 Says the one attacking strangers on the internet.

[@ttintagel]

As a cis girl whose parents never taught her how to take care of her hair, I second the youtube tutorials!

[@mjtruth1039]

@@loluskekus No.

[@PokhrajRoy.]

Jamie, it’s ok to go on a tangent and don’t worry about hanging on to joke. A lot of joke makers can’t even cling to half a joke lmao

[@ligause]

I alctually justified it to myself from like 14-17 by just being like "well there are only so many trans people in the world so what are the chances, anyways math doesn't work out I'm sooooo not trans" and guess what

[@PokhrajRoy.]

8:51 Also, taking care of frizzy hair is simple: Pamper your hair once in a while and use oil.

[@Istilllikebirds]

Sometimes I wish transitioning was as simple as travelling to the depths of heck to collect flowers and then brewing them into a magic potion

[@jakethepillowsnake5302]

When I first started transitioning, I would deadass say "I'm not trans, I'm just FTMing."

[@OverlordMaggie]

The statements about "There's no X in nature!" show much people don't allow themselves to learn about nature. Glad Jamie appended parrotfish to the list. Nature has a way of making so many things happen that we dismiss from our perspective, or lack of knowledge. Besides, does a queen bee know she's a bee? Or a worker or drone bee?

[@hairymcnipples]

These people have no idea how bizarre and diverse nature really is. I'm a naturally inquisitive fella and now, at 40, a mature age student in the final year of my biology degree. You wanna tell me that coelecanths are more closely related to humans than herring, but gender is fixed? Plants, and in fact eukaryotes in general, and by extension all multicellular organisms, got photosynthesis when a single celled organism ate a cyanobacterium, but instead of being digested it simply kept reproducing and eventually integrated into the cell, but there are two and only two genders? Vinegar flies have haploid X males and diploid XX females, but people can't self-ID? POLLEN GRAINS ARE LITERALLY SEPARATE UNIQUE ORGANISMS BUT TRANS PEOPLE AREN'T VALID?! Some species of fungi have literally over 20,000 sexes, but humans have exactly and only two!?! Whiptail lizards are all female and reproduce parthogenically, and when they simulate sex with each other they reproduce more successfully (lesbian lizards! Lesbiards!) but people having a relationship with gender that they don't immediately get is unthinkable and offensive? I can't take these arseholes seriously, honestly. (If anyone's interested, the photosynthesis thing is serial endosymbiosis and the pollen thing is alternation of generations. The others should be reasonably easy to google but please ask if curious! Also, birds are technically dinosaurs and what we think of as dinosaurs are more correctly called "non-avian dinosaurs" the definition of which is "any reptile more closely related to T Rex than to a sparrow", which I think is amazing!)

[@OverlordMaggie]

@@hairymcnipples Indeed on all fronts! To claim "It's basic highschool biology!" indicates how little they know of post-secondary sciences! It all gets more and more in-depth from there. I was studying to be a geneticist. Iirc XY and XX are reversed in avians, so using those letters to state any meaningful arguments in humans alone is a limited argument. (Though we use different letters for bird sex chromosomes). In my genetics lab they said there used to be a lab for identifying our own chromosomes frlm a swap but even completely benign and invisible chromosomal differences are so unbelievably common that people would kinda have crises in the lab when they found XXY or X0 or something, even though they themselves were fine! TLDR: Science. It's complicated. Always be eager to learn more, you'll never run out. Thanks for the perspective on this reply. Good to hear from ya. Fun addendum, fungi/mushrooms have more in common in many ways to animals than plants, despite their plant-like lifestyle and morphology.

[@hairymcnipples]

@@OverlordMaggie yes, fungi + animals together comprise the opisthokonta, and "kingdoms" are starting to be less and less of a thing, now:) cladistics is changing everything and it rules. Biology is weird! It rules so much and nothing, but nothing, is fixed in the way transphobes think. Interesting story about the lab exercise! Wish we had been able to karyotype ourselves, it sounds fun - although if it's not done in an adequately sensitive way there's the risk of outing someone as trans, which would be my biggest worry.

[@OverlordMaggie]

@@hairymcnipples As a trans woman, I was a bit relieved myself to be honest (though I was curious too). Also good that kingdoms are becoming less relevant, as it describes things as they are now but isn't very flexible. Regardless!

[@SunEater0]

Back when I was about 12-13, I got really into K-pop because I’d never seen men wear makeup or “feminine” clothes, and it changed my whole perspective on people. I was obsessed to the point of cutting and dying my hair, changing the way I dress, and even learning to sing/dance. I wanted SO badly to look just like them, and ended up spending hundreds of dollars on clothes and hair. I didn’t think anything of all this because I just thought it was a phase of “ooh, a new culture! I’m gonna imitate it…” But by the time I was 15, I realized that wanting people to think I was just a feminine-looking boy wasn’t exactly normal. Started experimenting with new names and eventually realized I’m trans. I started T a year after coming out, then three years later I’m looking into choosing where to go for top surgery:)

[@EdgedPixie]

I started shaving recently. No pain, only minimal cuts or irritation, and the most complaining I got was that I was told I bought the wrong razor! So yeah this is fine actually :)

[@lelysio5688]

I have dread today because i go to a psychologist on monday so i can start HRT and im anxious.

[@tjenadonn6158]

I went through that process recently. The anxiety is indeed awful, but once you're over that hump and have the right chemicals in you you will feel so right and relieved it will feel like nothing. I've been on HRT for less than a month and even though I'm months out from any visible physical effects the psychological effects from finally being on that road and having the right stuff ine have been nothing short of miraculous. This is hard, this is frightening, I'm not denying that: i was scared to open up about these things to a total stranger as well, and realizing in the process just how much I had repressed was not pretty (I spent a good portion of that first session alternating between crying and screaming.) But hopefully it will solidify just how much you need this, and get the process started to get you what you need to live happily as who you've always been. I wish you all the best. BTW it might be worth it to see if HRT is available under the informed consent in your area. That just involves an appointment where they briefly get your history, inform you of the course of treatment and side effects of HRT, have you sign a consent form, run your blood work, and get your prescriptions to you without going through the rigamarole of getting a psychologist's note. I was able to do mine via a telemedicine appointment with Planned Parenthood and got my scripts within less than a week of my consultation.

[@eskarinakatz7723]

2:56 Oestrogen and Estrogen are both correct spellings, the former is British, and the latter is American. E probably was an American transfem thing first.

[@lavenderandwine]

My trans ass feels called out by this entire video lmao. I didn't start living openly to who I was until about two years ago. Only just came out to my therapist. I had a relief cry hearing her call me by MY name instead of my birthname. Small steps.

[@evelynt]

I love this sub, it is 100% the reason that helped me come out to myself

[@evelynt]

@StopIgbts Ohhh nooo what a terrible disaster, I'm absolutely devastated

[@Mark_Agamotto1313_Smith]

Anyone who complains about stepping on Lego's doesn't own Gaming Dice. Try dropping a bag of d4's and missing a few, then stepping on one!

[@saraquill]

Still figuring out my gender identity. I did find out part of the answer is I’m autigender. My autism has a big influence on how I experience my gender.

[@Missingno_Miner]

It's nice to hear that you're figuring out your identity, but please, don't use the word autigender. It originated from a 4chan hoax and is basically just a way for 4chan to say "Hey look, all the (anti-LGBTQ+ slur) are actually just (ableist slur)!". The word exists to imply that that LGBTQ+ people are mentally ill/faking it for attention. It's enough to say that your autism has influenced your understanding of gender, without assigning a word with such awful origins to it.

[@SeraphGamingYT]

​@@Missingno_Miner when i looked into the origin of the autigender label, the source i found was tumblr. do you have a source for the 4chan hoax claim? /gen

[@Missingno_Miner]

@@SeraphGamingYT The person who coined the term later anonymously bragged about it on 4chan. It's somewhat hard to find without actually going on 4chan, since it's old and constantly buried under articles about the MAP hoax(which later inspired actual p*dophiles to call themself this to dodge the negative implications that p*do carries) and I can't link it because KZbin, so I wish you luck in finding it.

[@jessethebee]

idk if he’ll see this but I started watching this channel a couple years ago as an egg myself. I “had to” stop (because my egg was cracking and I was still a bigot which doesn’t really work) and haven’t returned to this content until recently and just wanted to say thank you because it’s people like this that showed me I can survive as I am, that I can exist, and that I can make it in this world despite having a family who won’t call me by my name.

[@polarstriker3854]

It took ten years of arguing with my parents (well, mostly with my dad) to finally be allowed to grow out my hair, and ever since then, I’ve actually had an aspect of my appearance that I like. Shocker, that.

[@cosmicsymbols4225]

Yooooooo I had an egg cracking moment the other day and my mind is still reeling. I always kinda knew I wasn't cis, and still firmly feel like nonbinary suits me, but I had unironically referred to myself with masculine pronouns (had only ever felt right using she and they before) and hrrxnahhqgg it felt good??? *Maybe??*

[@evan_j]

In Australia many guys wear rashis (swim shirts) for sun protection. Is that no normal elsewhere?

[@electronics-girl]

Not particularly normal in the US, especially not at a swimming pool. It's slightly more normal to wear a shirt at a lake or the ocean, but still not super-common.

[@transformations4684]

Many years ago now, I was talking with an Asian friend of mine and she told me I was "such an egg". I took it to mean that I was relatable to her (white on the outside, yellow on the inside) so I took it as a compliment and went on my merry way. Now, I have to wonder...

[@__idfk__]

10:10 My aunt makes my cousin go to a Christian private school and recently, he got detention for having a bit of peach fuzz (not even a real mustache/beard, just little barely noticeable baby hairs) and hair that was "too long" (less than a cm past his ear). Schools shouldn't be allowed to do shit like that. I mean that is completely ridiculous. There's no need for rules like that. Who is that rule helping? What bad thing is that rule preventing? "Oh my goodness! A highschool age boy is starting to grow facial hair?! The horror!" Like seriously guys?

[@velvetbutterfly]

I wanna say that ever since my childhood I never felt comfortable around men but something about you makes me feel safe

[@3ch1dna07]

My cis son has the most beautiful long hair. I'm incredibly jealous. His hair is long because he hates getting hair cuts but my sister (who wants everyone to ignore her child's request for everyone to switch from female pronouns to male pronouns when talking to them) likes to say it's because he's probably trans. My response of, "It wouldn't matter either way because his dad and I will always love him and be there for him," made her yell stupid things about me being a liar because I could never know unless it happened to me. I told her that some aspect of that is true; however, it doesn't change the fact that even if I changed my mind about him changing his mind and deciding that he is transgender it doesn't matter because they would still be my child and I can't turn off that love.

[@the_kraken6549]

“Go complain to the parrotfish then!” Is such an amazing line. 6:00

[@clawd_not_cloud]

I think my biggest "still cis tho" moment would be the multiple times when I was in middle school where I would literally have dreams about getting top surgery and then be like "that's probably nothing"

[@Igbt_needs_to_stop]

I'm burnjn the IGBT flag on my profjle..

[@clawd_not_cloud]

@@Igbt_needs_to_stop you have fun with that

[@chloenelson3951]

Sometimes I wonder if I'm egg, but when I come up with excuses they actually do make some kind of sense, and I don't have any dysphoria over my gender, I'm more just indifferent, but find some things about it inconvenient. I think the main issue I have, is the societal expectations when I'm just like.....That's stupid.

[@rhyssaunders9863]

Estrogen and oestrogen are both proper spellings, estrogen is the predominant spelling in American English and oestrogen is from British English, hope that clears up the confusion

[@RyanEliasMogensen]

I "found the scroll of truth" at 13, read the fine print, threw it back in the ocean, and just found it again a few years ago. I'm finally ready to start this journey, at 24..

[@camillex5916]

I‘m still not really over the phase „I can’t be trans?!“ After a year thinking about being nonbinary and telling some people, I started considering to be a boy ca. two months ago😅 Just starting my first experiment with male pronouns and the name Mio with my two best friends…

[@Rex_the_Raccon]

So happy for you

[@camillex5916]

@@Rex_the_Raccon Thank you :)

[@Nakia11798]

Very excited for your journey, Mio.

[@camillex5916]

@@Nakia11798 🥰

[@ghostdog0424]

4:31 grabs legos Pain is temporary tiddies are forever

[@chibinyra]

I always felt it very weird to be expected to be topless while swimming. I wanted to wear a t-shirt, but that was seen as awkward in the 90's...

[@sugar1rushedYT]

I’m 13 and I grow my hair out but it stacks. No, it doesn’t go down it stacks in this messy pillow of hair WHYYYYYY

[@RavenMenel]

8:20 I am still going through these feelings off and on. I then need to remind myself that it's OK to feel more like a boy and still want to dress up... drag exists.

[@kaylynkalupar]

So excited whenever I get these notifications. Your videos are such a joy ❤️

[@dragonwithamonocle]

5:43 I would also like to point out that I've bred guppies before, and females CAN turn into males. Sometimes if they're in an all-female environ one of them is just a bit more masc than the rest I guess, and will flip to the other team. They won't go MTF because males are very persistent in their pursuit of females and that would not be a very safe thing to do, but imagine if we as humans could do that. Like oh, you're transmasc? Just stay in this building full of cis women for a week and you'll walk out a guy.

[@natashasurvivallady8021]

My egg has cracked a little, but I'm still very much in the "I can't do that, I look like a guy, what will everyone around me think?!?!?!" It's so helpful to know that a lot of other people actually understand the things I'm feeling, though. Wish me luck in scheduling my facial hair removal appointment!

[@madeleineprentice8008]

I remember so much of this. My mother telling me that I can't grow my hair out because I wouldn't be able to take care of it and it wouldn't look good. The inability to go swimming, after about age 12. I'm so glad for my transition. I never thought I'd be able to be happy, and some days are still hard, but for me, it's worth it. Thanks, Jamie, for helping me accept myself. It was hard to start presenting as fem, and even harder to find my exact niche of fashion, but I'm getting there.

[@amydoesart3724]

If someone have the fault of me being trans, that one is meepcity for letting me use dresses in an virtual environment >:)

[@liltransfrog6752]

Just made my day, thank U jamie

[@p-__]

My farts are better than Jamie’s farts.

[@liltransfrog6752]

@Stop IGBT duh U can’t even spell profile, ain’t getting none of my attention (btw for every flag U burn I draw one and glue it somewhere publicly

[@meggubravo8373]

4:23 "A small price to pay for salvation"

[@UndertheAcorn]

I've been really struggling with my mental health recently but have been scared to find a therapist because of LGBTQIA+ stuff and financial situations. Seeing that there was a site where I could find someone safe and reputable was such a relief and I've just signed up! Thank you! I really love your videos and you (and Shaaba) never fail to make me smile.

[@justbeeeb2061]

Thanks for the new video Jamie!